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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
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November 1941 (USA)
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Hey everybody, my folks are back on the trail of the dog-gondest mystery you ever saw! They're Wackier Than Ever! more
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Nick and Nora are at their wise-cracking best as they investigate murder and racketeering at a local race-track. full summary | full synopsis
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A Dead Jockey
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | William Powell | ... | Nick Charles |
 | Myrna Loy | ... | Nora Charles |
 | Barry Nelson | ... | Paul Clarke - reporter |
 | Donna Reed | ... | Molly - Stephens' receptionist |
| Sam Levene | ... | Lieutenant Abrams |
| Alan Baxter | ... | 'Whitey' Barrow |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | Major Jason I. Sculley |
| Richard Hall | ... | Nick Charles, Jr. (as Dickie Hall) |
| Stella Adler | ... | Claire Porter / Clara Peters |
| Loring Smith | ... | 'Link' Stephens - Gambling syndicate boss |
| Joseph Anthony | ... | Fred Macy - Stephens' deputy |
| Lou Lubin | ... | 'Rainbow' Benny |
| Louise Beavers | ... | Stella |
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 | Aldrich Bowker | ... | Watchman (scenes deleted) |
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97 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Crew or equipment visible: When Nick returns to the locker room at the race track, and Asta is scared off by the black kitten, Nick passes an office. You can see a man in the reflection of the window. He is wearing a white shirt and appears to be giving hand commands to Asta. His movements mimic Nick's at first, but when Nick turns to head for the shower room, the man in the white shirt stays in the same position.
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Nick Charles:
Nicky, something tells me that something important is happening somewhere and I think we should be there.
[cut to Nora with a cocktail shaker]
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[cut to Nora with a cocktail shaker]
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Referenced in Kingdom of the Vampire (2007) (V)
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The fourth Thin Man outing, Shadow of the Thin Man finds Nick and Nora Charles back in San Francisco where they happen to be at a race track when a jockey is killed in the tack room.
The jockey's death uncovers an investigation by the state crime commission involving them trying to indict a syndicate of illegal bookmakers. Two rival newspaper reporters are trying for a scoop on the story and one of them has some other interesting activities going for him.
Powell uncovers a good group of suspects brought together for the inevitable finale. The murderer and he notches two to his credit before he's finally caught is one the audience won't suspect.
Powell does show off a bit here though, the murderer with a slip of the tongue is given away to the audience. I think the writers just wanted Powell to show off before the other suspects, he could have nailed the murderer a reel before he did.
The usual witticisms involving the Charles's parenthood are present. Funniest scene is when Loy tries to get Powell to go off his usual liquid diet so their son will learn to drink milk.